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NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-02. NO.3 SECTION, 23RD FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS ARE MAKING A MESS HUT FROM BLOCKS OF ANT-BED. AN ORDINARY ANT-BED IS POWDERED, MIXED WITH WATER LIKE CEMENT AND POURED INTO A WOODEN MOULD, WHERE IT SETS IN ABOUT 3 HOURS. HERE SAPPER G.C. MENZ, (LEFT) AND SAPPER R.W. BYERS ARE SEEN PACKING THE MIXTURE INTO THE MOULDS.
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1942-11-02. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 SECTION, 23RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MAKING A MESS HUT OUT OF BLOCKS OF ANT BED. AN ORDINARY ANT-BED IS POWDE
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1942-11-02. SAPPER R.W. BYERS OF NO. 3 SECTION, 23 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, IS BREAKING UP AN ANT-BED WHICH, WHEN POWDERED, WILL BE MIXED WITH WATER AND MADE INTO
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